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    high swr with co-phased 102" steel whips

    now im also having another issue. i have an astatic mobile max echo box in my mobile and since i switched from my wilson 5000 (permanent mount) to the 102's, it squeals whenever i turn the amplifier on. i tried to ground the astatic box the the radio (from bracket knob to bracket knob) and it...
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    high swr with co-phased 102" steel whips

    got the paint off the grounding areas, but that didnt even make a difference at all in the swr, still 2:1 across the board. i thought about trying springs, but i am reluctant as the antennas already move quite a bit. also thought about using the extensions off of some wilson 2000 trucker...
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    high swr with co-phased 102" steel whips

    well i just took off the mounts themselves and made sure everything was grounded good. swr is still at 2:1 across the board, so im pretty much stumped. the next step is to try the springs, but i didnt want to put springs in there because the 102's bounce around enough and springs are not gonna...
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    high swr with co-phased 102" steel whips

    thanks for the info. my truck is a 99 superduty crew cab, so the 12 foot harness is out of the question. i also checked for ground straps, and there are like six or seven of them spread out from the hood to the bed. the co-phase harness is rg-59, i made sure and checked that when i bought it...
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    high swr with co-phased 102" steel whips

    i am just using an 18' co-phase setup i bought at the local pilot. i know its not the best stuff, but its whats in the budget. ok so putting the power aside, how can i lower the swr when its the same all the way across the board, around 2:1? i really would like to keep the dual 102" whips for...
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    high swr with co-phased 102" steel whips

    ok, im trying to figure out how to lower my swr in my mobile. i put in a brand new piece of 18 ft. coax, and i have mounted two 102" steel whips, one on each side of course, to the front of my pickup bed. i used a piece of 3/8" flat bar to run across the corner of the bed on each side. it...
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    palomar elite line tx 5500

    i just bought this amp about two months ago, and the pills that were in it were 4xsrf2072. are these the "stock" pills that go in the amp when new? what can i put in to replace them? also, when i got the amp, it put out 800 watts. then, without doing anything to the amp, it went down to 300...